15. While Dr. Sturgis is in the hospital, Sheldon takes whose class?
From Quiz Season 3
Answer:
Dr. Linkletter
When Sheldon finds out that Dr. Sturgis is in the hospital, he decides to skip his high school classes and hide in a broom closet in the library and read books to do some learning. His P.E. teacher, who is also his dad's co-worker, tells his dad that he hasn't been to class. His dad finds out from his friend, Tam, where he is. To solve the problem, Mee Maw lets Sheldon take Dr. Linkletter's class. Sheldon and Dr. Linkletter end up not liking each other at first, but then Sheldon wants to attend a lecture that Dr. Linkletter is giving. Sheldon's Mee Maw refuses to take him to the lecture because she knows Dr. Linkletter wants to use the opportunity to get to know her better and start a romantic relationship with her, and she doesn't want that. Sheldon, not understanding this, persists, but she keeps refusing. He then tells her that she's selfish. She spanks him. He then asks his parents to take them to the lecture. When they refuse, he calls them selfish, so they ground him. He ends up taking a bus to visit Dr. Sturgis, but leaves a note behind in Morse code. The family decodes the note, with Mee Maw being the first to figure it out, and they call the police. A police car pulls over the bus and they take Sheldon home. On the bus, a woman convinces Sheldon that he was wrong. So he shows his family a "Star Trek" episode to apologize. They don't understand the point, but eventually they accept the apology.
Dr. Linkletter and Dr. Sturgis are enemies due to the fact that Dr. Linkletter wants a romantic relationship with Mee Maw, but Dr. Sturgis already has one. Dr. Linkletter pursues Mee Maw even while she's dating Dr. Sturgis, angering both of them. However, Dr. Linkletter has catually stood up for Dr. Sturgis at times. When Sheldon told Dr. Linkletter that Dr. Sturgis plagiarized his work, Dr. Linkletter sided with Dr. Sturgis. He didn't believe Sheldon provided sufficient evidence of plagiarism and he didn't want Dr. Sturgis's career ruined.